Clothes-pin.



No. 629,H4. Patented luly l8, I899.

- E. F. RESEB.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFF-Ion.

ELIJAI-I F. RESER, OF GREENSBURG, KANSAS.

I CLOTHES-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Nd. 629,114, dated July 18, 1899.

Application filed July 535, 1898. Serial No. 686,868. (No modeL.

T on whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, ELIJAH'F, RESER, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Greensburg, in the county of Kiowa and State of Kansas, have invented-a new and useful Clothes Pin, of which the following is a specification.- This invention relates to wire clothes-pins; and the object thereof is to provide a pin with which the clothing 'may be readily engaged and held upon the line in an effective man- 7 ner and which is permanently attached to the bent into this eye, as shown at 5.

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line, whereby loss of the pin is obviated.

With these ends in View the present invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the device, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In thedrawings, Figure l is a perspective viewof the pin in use upon a line. I Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the pin.

Corresponding parts in both figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the pin is formed from a single length of wire, preferably galvanized'to prevent rusting the clothing. As shown in Fig. 2, the wire is bent intermediate its ends into an enlarged loop 1 having its ends extended and arranged approximately parallel, providing clampingjaws 2. The loop may be of any desired form, but preferably of an approximately heart shape, as shown, having the wire twisted into an eye 3, arranged directly in line with the space between the jaws 2. The terminal of one of the jaws is twisted into an eye 4, and the terminal of the other jaw is hooked or p The eye l is disposed opposite the eye 3, and they are both in line with the opening between the aws. I

In the operation of the device the line-wire 6 is inserted through the eyes 3 and Land between the jaws 2, whereby the pinis slidably mounted upon the line and cannot be removed therefrom unless the line is taken down and the pin slipped therefrom, as will Thus the pin cannot be lost from the line and is always in position for use. An end or corner of the article to be suspended upon the line is inserted through the loop 1, which is enlarged to readily re- .ceive the article, which is placed over the line 6, extending at'each side thereof, when the pin is slipped along the line by aid of the loop as a hand-grasp until the spring-jaws 2 clamp the clothing against opposite sides of the line and firmly'secure the same thereon. When the clothing has been passed over the line within the loop, it should be held firmly by one hand while the pin is being drawn to its place, or otherwise the clothing will be merely pushed along the line and not clamped thereon.

It will be understood that the pin is normally in a horizontal position, with the sides of the loop extending at each side of the linewire, thus permitting of the article of clothing being easily and readily introduced into the loop and folded over the line, as described and by reason of the space within the loop communicating with the space between the spring-jaws the pin may be drawn upon the article to be suspended, clamping the same between the jaws and upon the clothes-line. The clothing being clamped upon the line, as described, cannot slip or slide to thelowest point, where the line sags, and will be prevented from being blown from the line, as the pin clamps the clothing directly upon the line, and this clamping action prevents movement of the pin.

Apin constructed in accordance with the foregoing description will present an exceedingly simple and useful device, as it is always in position for use, being permanently carried by the line. The loop provides for inserting the article of clothing and forms a convenient hand-grasp for operating the pin, and the spring-jaws clamp the clothing firmly at opposite sides of the line in a convenient and effective manner.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details may be made without departing from the spirit and scope or sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be understood as limitin g myself to the precise construction and arrangement as herein set forth.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. A clothes-pin having a loop and a pair of spring-jaws all in the same plane, the space within the loop eommunicalin g with the space between the spring-jaws, the loop facilitating the engagement of the pin with the article to be suspended, and means located at the opposite ends of the pin, wherebythe latter may be attached to the clothes-line, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A clothes-pin having a loop and a pair of spring-jaws all disposed in the same plane, the

3. A clothes pin formed from a single length of spring wire, bent intermediate its ends into a loop and a pair of spring-jaws all disposed in the same plane, the loop having an eye twisted therein, the free extremity of one of the jaws being twisted into an eye which is alined with the eye of the loop, and the free extremity of the other jaw being engeged with the eye of the former jaw, sub stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim'the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses. ELIJAH F. RESER. Witnesses:

L. M. DAY, S. G. SHELTON. 

